David Beckham confirmed for special Desert Island Discs episode

We’ve often wondered what it would be like to get stuck on a desert island with David Beckham – and now, finally, it seems as if we’re about to find out. Sort of, anyway.

The footballer and fashion icon is set to star on Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, to mark the show’s 75th anniversary – which means that we’ll learn all about the musical tracks he’d smuggle away with him if he was forced to make like Tom Hanks in Castaway.

Beckham is set to make his Desert Island Discs debut on Sunday 29 January, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations – but the party will begin on 28 January with a special three hour programme on BBC Radio 4 Extra, featuring some of the wonderful voices from the archive and extracts from recently rediscovered episodes, which will also be restored to the show’s online archive.

Sunday’s episode of Desert Island Discs will also pay homage to the occasion by re-introducing the sound of sea wash to the opening and closing of the programme for the first time since the 1960s.

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Kayleigh Dray is editor of Stylist.co.uk, where she chases after rogue apostrophes and specialises in films, comic books, feminism and television. On a weekend, you can usually find her drinking copious amounts of tea and playing boardgames with her friends.